Nina Simon's Musuem 2.0 's got a new post that baselines a lot of the on-going issues related to museums and social media. To read the blog post click here . Nina's observations are broad and significant. She also links to a colleague's blog: Additionally, it was the second time that week alone that I first heard a piece of major news via news stories posted by friends. Not via television, a news website, or the paper. Facebook. And it hit me. I didn't need the Boston Globe anymore. Or the White County News. My friends were editing all the news I needed. No, not editing. Curating. - Susie Wilkening Reach advisors Very interesting, but, um, "Ouch," on the whole Boston Globe thing , right? I mean what happens if all the news goes away and all that we are left with is the trading of Facebook's "5 Beers I Like" polls? Clearly this is not what Wilkening is espousing and I think we are all profoundly curious and smart enough that ...